var msg1 = '<IMG src="http://mylifewall.com/images/loading.gif" />';

var http_request = false;
   function postValue(url, pppp, parameters) {
   //alert(url);alert(parameters);alert(pppp);
   document.getElementById("answerbox_"+pppp).innerHTML = msg1;
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alert_Content;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }

   function alert_Content() {
   	if(http_request.readyState == 1)
   	{
   		//document.getElementById("answerbox_"+pppp).innerHTML = msg1;
   	}
	else if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText.split('|');
            //alert(result[1]);
            //alert(result[0]);
            document.getElementById("answerbox_"+result[1]).innerHTML = result[0];            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }